JDF Update -- Print Connectivity

The JDF Idea

JDF was created to develop an open, extensible, XML-based job ticket standard, as well as a mechanism to provide new business opportunities for all individuals and companies involved in the process of creating, managing and producing published documents.

Building on existing technologies such as the Print Production Format (PPF) developed by CIP4 (International Cooperation for the Integration of Processes in Prepress, Press and Postpress) and Adobe's Portable Job Ticket Format (PJTF), JDF supplies a means for printing businesses to streamline the process of producing printed material.